Change Vowed in Ecuador

Vote Heralds Redo
Of Constitution;
More State Control

By

John Lyons

Updated Oct. 2, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

Vowing "profound and radical change," Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, announced a plan to wipe out the party system and tighten government control of the economy, after appearing to win a free hand to overhaul the constitution.

Early poll results showed Mr. Correa's Alianza Pais party winning a majority of seats in a vote Sunday to elect a constitutional assembly, meant to be the foundation of Mr. Correa's nine-month-old...